UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2779

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2779

    Published: 10 Apr 2015Last Modified: 8 Sept 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-2779

    Summary:

    Details: Stack consumption vulnerability in the message splitting functionality in Quassel before 0.12-rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled recursion) via a crafted massage.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2779, https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/3, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/11, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2779

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: quassel

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.10.0-0ubuntu2.2

    Affected versions

    0.9.1-0ubuntu1
    0.9.2-0ubuntu1
    0.9.2-0ubuntu2
    0.9.2-0ubuntu3
    0.9.2-0ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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